Author: Albert Silver
Date: 03:58:46 07/25/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 20:57:34, Tim Mirabile wrote:
>On July 22, 1998 at 20:29:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>run over to rec.games.chess.computer and you'll find his message to me there.
>>I'm sure that is the right one, as it comes from his normal ISP. I think the
>>hotmail.com is bogus, and I'd suggest disallowing registration from there to
>>stop this before it becomes a problem.
>>
>>In any case, I'd suggest that either the original from "rolf" be deleted as he
>>asked for, or it be replaced by a short note (also a suggestion by him.) But
>>there's little sense in worrying about it in my opinion, other than to delete
>>the ID so it isn't used to promote mischief later...
>>
>>How does everyone feel about not allowing such anonymous remailers to subscribe
>>here to prevent this?
>
>I guess that is possible, but there are legit reasons to use hotmail.com without
>being anonymous. Basically you can retrieve mail from any web browser which
>makes it good for people who travel a lot, or for people who have web access but
>without an internet account of their own (eg. from a library or school).
>
>Also, what do we do about the biggest anonymous remailer of all - aol.com?
>Users there can create and delete additional handles at will, which become
>handle@aol.com addresses.
I only just read this follow up as I've been bogged down in work lately. I
understand the problem that Hotmail may present but agree with Tim. I sometimes
have problems with e-mail, and find myself with no alternative but to use my
Hotmail account. As for Spam from them, I just forward it to abuse@hotmail.com
and that ends the account.
Albert
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